Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill [HL] — creation of admix (inter-species) embroyos — 15 Jan 2008 at 17:53
Amendments tabled by Lord Alton of Liverpool that seek to ban the creation of human admixed (formerly ‘inter-species’) embryos for research, and the use of hamster eggs for testing fertility of sperm.
Those voting Content were voting for a ban on such research. Those voting Not Content were voting to allow the licensing of the research.
Clause 4 <[i>Prohibitions in connection with genetic material not of human origin]:
moved Amendment No. 8:
Clause 4, page 4, leave out line 11
On Question, Whether the said amendment (No. 8) shall be agreed to?
Their Lordships divided: Contents, 96; Not-Contents, 268.
Party Summary
Votes by party, red entries are votes against the majority for that party.
What is Tell? '+1 tell' means that in addition one member of that party was a teller for that division lobby.
What is Turnout? This is measured against the total membership of the party at the time of the vote.| Party | Majority (Not-Content) | Minority (Content) | Turnout |
| Bishop | 2 | 1 | 11.5% |
| Con | 41 | 51 (+1 tell) | 44.9% |
| Crossbench | 43 | 19 (+1 tell) | 33.3% |
| DUP | 0 | 3 | 100.0% |
| Independent Labour | 0 | 1 | 100.0% |
| Lab | 134 (+2 tell) | 8 | 65.2% |
| LDem | 42 | 9 | 63.8% |
| UKIP | 0 | 1 | 50.0% |
| UUP | 1 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Total: | 263 | 93 | 49.3% |
All lords Eligible to Vote - sorted by party
Includes lords who were absent (or abstained) from this vote.